[sdiy] harmonics & vibrato - drums

[Scott Gravenhorst]

Well, I'm not an MD, but I did study biology in college, to my recollection the
inverse ghost image you see after staring at something a while is caused not by
a neural mask, but rather by chemical fatigue of the receptor cell itself.  Red
receptors, for example, become chemically depleted when constantly stimulated
for a period of time.  Their output is then diminished until the chemical
balance in that cell is restored, which takes a minute or two.  All of the
other, less stimulated receptors then produce a larger signal in comparison,
producing what is perceived as a color reversed ghost image of what had been
stared at.

But that's the eye, I can't speak to your theory about a drummer.

I still say that a mildly randomized track sounds better than a quantized one.

Grant Richter <grichter at asapnet.net> wrote:
>> Ok, this makes more sense.  But the question remains, is there a random
>> factor or not?  If not, then why does doing a *slight* randomization
>> (weighted in my case) sound better (um more "human") than a quantized track?
>> 
>
>VERY Crackpot theory,
>
>Neural systems have a masking factor. This prevents a stuck input from tying
>up the whole net. Like when you stare at something and it leaves a negative
>image in your eye. The negative image is the mask generated by the neural
>system.
>
>That may apply to time related items also, like when you are in a noisy room
>and your ears adapt by "tuning" out the noise so you can hear better.
>
>It may be that drummers instinctively play around the outside of the neural
>"mask" time. If they hit perfectly on the beat every time, they eventually
>couldn't hear themselves.
>

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